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Marriage Diaries: I Only Feel Alive Around My Children, Not My Wife
1+ hour, 59+ min ago (1358+ words) In this week's Marriage Diaries, he talks about the financial fears that almost broke him in his first year of marriage, the exhaustion that can quietly creep into long-term relationships and why he sometimes enjoys the company of his children…...
Love Life: We Married Young After an Unplanned Pregnancy. 10 Years Later, We're Still Here
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (1963+ words) This Love Life couple talk about being forced into marriage by their parents, losing their first baby, and building a life while navigating judgement and early parenthood. Love Life'is a Zikoko weekly series about love, relationships, situationships, entanglements and everything…...
Marriage Diaries: I'm Married to a Loving Man With Scary Spiritual Practices
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (1397+ words) He's a good man. In this week's Marriage Diaries, she talks about marrying a man she genuinely loves, learning to live with his intense spiritual beliefs and why love alone isn't always enough to sustain a marriage. This is a…...
He Wants to Marry Me, But I Am Scared He Will Find Out The Truth
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1497+ words) He can never find out Every week, Zikoko spotlights the unfiltered stories of women navigating life, love, identity and everything in between." What She Said"will give women the mic to speak freely, honestly and openly, without shame about sex,…...
Love Currency: "I Can't Marry Him Because He's Too Comfortable Being Broke
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1096+ words) The topic of how young Nigerians navigate romantic relationships with their earnings is a minefield of hot takes. In'Love Currency, we get into what relationships across income brackets look like in different cities. Akin and I started dating in July…...
I Became My Boyfriend's Boss, and It Ruined Our Relationship
2+ week, 3+ day ago (1359+ words) He hated taking orders from me On the Streets is a Zikoko weekly series about the chaos of modern dating: from situationships and endless talking stages," to heartbreak and everything it means to be single in today's world. In this…...
Marriage Diaries: I Found Out My Husband Had More Kids. Now They're My Rivals
3+ week, 2+ hour ago (1632+ words) I'm pushing through it. This is a look into her marriage diary. I didn't grow up as one of those girls who fantasised about marriage or couldn't wait to become somebody's wife. In fact, I didn't really like the idea…...
Love Life: We Went From Best Friends to Exes Who Still Have Sex
3+ week, 1+ day ago (1322+ words) This Love Life couple talk about going from best friends in university to a complicated situationship. Love Life'is a Zikoko weekly series about love, relationships, situationships, entanglements and everything in between. On this week's Love Life, they talk about going…...
Earning Money Gave My Mother the Confidence to Hit Her Husband Back
3+ week, 3+ day ago (850+ words) What financial abuse taught this 23-year-old about love and control "I want to get married so I can spend my husband's money" is a statement many Nigerians are familiar with. Depending on where you live, you've most likely met at…...
I Married My Sugar Daddy for Security, Then Became a Widow at 27
3+ week, 3+ day ago (1318+ words) My life changed overnight. In this episode, she reflects on her dating history and experiences as a young widow. I'm single, and I'm still trying to process it. I lost my husband about a year ago. I never imagined this…...